Saturday, 28 May 2016

TheJSHAOis theMOD’s
tri-service focal point to provide service personnel and their
dependants with civilian housing information for those wishing to move
to civilian accommodation at any time in their career, and for those
during resettlement to assist with the transition to civilian life.

The
government has created the Help to Buy scheme to help hard-working
people like you take steps to buy your own home. The new Help to Buy:
ISA pays first-time buyers a government bonus. For example, save £200 a
month and we’ll add £50, up to a maximum of £3,000, boosting your ISA
savings of £12,000 to £15,000.

Free financial
advice to members of the Armed Forces; from helping over 1000 families
in 2015 to complete on their mortgages, to helping hundreds of members
of the Forces and their families to manage money worries with free debt
advice.

The Public
Accounts Committee session will focus on three areas: the state of Service
Family Accommodation, the introduction of the new Combined Accommodation
Assessment System (CAAS) and the introduction of the Next Generation Estates
Contracts (NGEC) and how the Department is managing CarillionAmey's performance
against them.

The session will include a background of the
provision of Service Family Accommodation for the military (including key
recent developments), the amount invested by the Government in Service Family
Accommodation, the current state of Service Family Accommodation and the
proportion of the homes in which people are living which meet the Decent Homes
Standard. The Public Accounts Committee will also be looking at the proportion
of Service Families satisfied with their accommodation.

As part of
the inquiry, the Committee will look at Combined Accommodation Assessment
System (CAAS) banding and any impacts relating to the changes in rent and the
performance of the provider in relation to the Next Generation Estates
Contracts (NGEC).

If you wish to submit evidence to this
inquiry, please do so through the page linked below. The deadline for written
submissions is midday on Tuesday 31 May 2016

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Sunday, 15 May 2016

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